Quote From: momakababeor for supplimenting feedings.
Again you need to do what is right for you &
please don't allow others to make you feel as though you're
"formula pushing". We all have our reasons for doing things &
it's becuase it's what works for us.
I'm sure having an 11 & a 14 yr.old you already know this but this isn't the first time people are going to question your decisions. Many people are going to point out all of the mistakes
you're making over the years as you parent & yet it's your child &
you're life & you need to do what you think is right & what is right for you as a
mother & child. There's plenty of "research" that over the years changes & we're left wondering why we'd ever bought into a certain idea to begin with.
To sit here & point to the disadvantages of breast feeding would be to do the same as
those that are pointing out the disadvantages of or what's not right with bottle feeding.
To make people feel bad about their choices isn't going to help anyone & in the end they're
only trying to re-enforce their own parenting decision. You
are breast feeding & your baby is
being giving immunities & protection. As you said & I'm sure you're right your baby girl is getting the best of both worlds & it sounds as though she's loved & dotted on in every way by her mother, father & siblings. There's nothing wrong with your parenting & don't let anyone tell you any different.
Actually, I'd like to hear this. Do please share with us the DISADVANTAGES OF BREASTFEEDING. If you can make a convincing, research-based, rational argument for the superiority of bottlefeeding I'll tear up my LLL membership card and wean my son right this second, that's how sure I am you can't do it.
